Re: info org section 3.1

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>]

This happens using gnu-emacs 23.41 and org 7.9.11 and that emacs is the 
current debian package version.  I used git clone to install and update 
org mode too.

On Fri, 7 Sep 2012, Charles Philip Chan wrote:

> Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net> writes:
> 
> Hi Jude:
> 
> > Something is undocumented and broken.  Attempting to create the table 
> > documented in section 3.1 of the manual generates a beep and the message:
> > Symbol's value as variable is void: org-use-sub-superscripts
> > at the bottom of the screen and hitting tab just tells me I'm at the 
> > beginning of the buffer after that operation.  After I keyed in the 
> > example I tried c-c c-ret because writing a second line and putting |- on 
> > it caused the same problem to happen.
> 
> Something is very wrong with your installation- the example works fine
> here. It seems like your org.el is not loaded properly since
> "org-use-sub-superscripts" is defined there:
> 
> ,----[ Output of C-h v org-use-sub-superscripts]
> | org-use-sub-superscripts is a variable defined in `org.el'.
> | Its value is t
> | 
> | Documentation:
> | Non-nil means interpret "_" and "^" for export.
> | When this option is turned on, you can use TeX-like syntax for sub- and
> | superscripts.  Several characters after "_" or "^" will be
> | considered as a single item - so grouping with {} is normally not
> | needed.  For example, the following things will be parsed as single
> | sub- or superscripts.
> | 
> |  10^24   or   10^tau     several digits will be considered 1 item.
> |  10^-12  or   10^-tau    a leading sign with digits or a word
> |  x^2-y^3                 will be read as x^2 - y^3, because items are
> | 			 terminated by almost any nonword/nondigit char.
> |  x_{i^2} or   x^(2-i)    braces or parenthesis do grouping.
> | 
> | Still, ambiguity is possible - so when in doubt use {} to enclose the
> | sub/superscript.  If you set this variable to the symbol `{}',
> | the braces are *required* in order to trigger interpretations as
> | sub/superscript.  This can be helpful in documents that need "_"
> | frequently in plain text.
> | 
> | Not all export backends support this, but HTML does.
> | 
> | This option can also be set with the #+OPTIONS line, e.g. "^:nil".
> | 
> | You can customize this variable.
> | 
> | This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in
> | version 24.1 of Emacs.
> `----
> 
> Cheers,
> Charles
> 
> 

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